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Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:36:06 +0000http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=243719#comment-2277483Is Nate Silver brain dead or what? Jeb’s Waterboy is less conservative than “I never let a vote for Big Government Pass Me By Ryan.” You can’t make this crap up!

Looks like the Waterboy is the one they want to run against which means cross him off they already have their game plan on him.

I’m not voting for someone who has no executive experience. Waterboy should have run for governor if he had POTUS dreams, especially since Crist was leaving. I don’t believe in Affirmative Action and if Waterboy throws his hat in the ring he is asking us to do just that, reward him for no executive experience governing.

See this is what the hard right doesn’t get… Only 35% of the country is conservative. A majority is not. To win an election you have to win over the majority that aren’t conservative.

It seems that this is a result of cognitive dissidence because everyone you know agrees with you. That isn’t the case in other parts of the country. I live in an urban area… No one agrees with me. They are all liberal Democrats and are as confused about the existence of conservatives as you are about the existence of liberals. To win a majority, you somehow have to win over squishy moderates. If Marco Rubio wins over low information people by being young and hip, then I’m all for it. He is a conservative Republican. But hey, we want people who agree with us 100% all the time. This will allow us to continue winning the Senate seats in Alabama and Oklahoma, but nothing else.

Illinidiva on February 19, 2013 at 11:12 PM

Your analysis of the problem may be correct, but your proposed method for resolving this problem is incorrect. We have tried “moderates” and the most “electable” and lost over and over and over again. We win when we put up articulate conservatives with strong philosophical and policy descriptions.

Marco Rubio has the tools to connect, but he going down the wrong path by leaning left in order to grab the middle. He should use his strengths to argue against the liberal narrative with strong conservative positions.

And right on cue, just as predicted, “Latinos” become the “indies” and “moderates” of 2016. Look, Rubio would still lose the Latino vote. Just as 60% of “moderates” voted for Obama. And in pandering for one group you alienate your base. That’s…brilliant. Has “Stupid Party ™ ” written all over it.

ddrintn on February 19, 2013 at 10:41 PM

See this is what the hard right doesn’t get… Only 35% of the country is conservative. A majority is not. To win an election you have to win over the majority that aren’t conservative.

It seems that this is a result of cognitive dissidence because everyone you know agrees with you. That isn’t the case in other parts of the country. I live in an urban area… No one agrees with me. They are all liberal Democrats and are as confused about the existence of conservatives as you are about the existence of liberals. To win a majority, you somehow have to win over squishy moderates. If Marco Rubio wins over low information people by being young and hip, then I’m all for it. He is a conservative Republican. But hey, we want people who agree with us 100% all the time. This will allow us to continue winning the Senate seats in Alabama and Oklahoma, but nothing else.

And right on cue, just as predicted, “Latinos” become the “indies” and “moderates” of 2016. Look, Rubio would still lose the Latino vote. Just as 60% of “moderates” voted for Obama. And in pandering for one group you alienate your base. That’s…brilliant. Has “Stupid Party ™ ” written all over it.

Ummm.. Rubio endorsed Romney in late March so not seeing enthusiasm there.

Illinidiva on February 19, 2013 at 10:38 PM

Oh, and did he ever get those pom poms out then!

Well.. If we don’t win Latinos… how the hell do you expect to win??? M’kay. Why should I even vote?

Illinidiva on February 19, 2013 at 10:36 PM

And right on cue, just as predicted, “Latinos” become the “indies” and “moderates” of 2016. Look, Rubio would still lose the Latino vote. Just as 60% of “moderates” voted for Obama. And in pandering for one group you alienate your base. That’s…brilliant. Has “Stupid Party ™ ” written all over it.